Buzz Feitshans

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| birth_name = Frederick Rollin Feitshans III

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|01|17}}

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| nationality = American

| education = University of Southern California

| occupation = Film producer

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| father = Fred R. Feitshans Jr.

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Frederick Rollin Feitshans III (born 17 January 1937), known as Buzz Feitshans, is an American film producer best known for his work in the action field and his collaborations with John Milius and Carolco Pictures.

Biography

Feitshans graduated from the University of Southern California in 1962 with a degree in education, then went to work for the American Broadcasting Company as a film editor. In 1964, he joined American International Pictures as an editor and became head of the editorial department for ten years.

In 1973, Feitshans made his debut as a producer with Dillinger, a film written and directed by John Milius. Milius and Feitshans formed A-Team Productions that same year and produced Big Wednesday (1978), 1941 (1979) and Hardcore (1979). A-Team Productions dissolved, but Feitshans continued to act as Milius' producer on Conan the Barbarian (1982), Uncommon Valor (1983), and Red Dawn (1984).

Feitshans produced First Blood in 1982, and also its first two sequels. The films were made by executive producers Mario Kassar and Andrew Vajna of Carolco Pictures, whom Feitshans frequently worked with. In 1988, he became executive vice president of production and a member of the board of directors for Carolco Pictures.

Feitshans joined Cinergi Productions in 1992, serving as executive producer for Medicine Man (1992), Tombstone (1993), Renaissance Man (1994), Color of Night (1994), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Judge Dredd (1995), The Scarlet Letter (1995), Nixon (1995), Evita (1996), Shadow Conspiracy (1997), and An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997).

He retired from film production in 1997.[http://collections.oscars.org/link/bio/402 Biography] at Buzz Feitshans Papers

Personal life

Feitshans is the son of Lotus Grant Feitshans (1909–2007) and film editor Fred R. Feitshans Jr. (1909–1987).

He is the grandson of Sennett Bathing Beauty Ora Carew and Harry E. Grant on his mother's side and tennis player Frederick Rollin Feitshans and Celia Traber Feitshans on his father's.

He married Charlotte Wells (divorced 1978) and Raffaella De Laurentiis.{{Cite web|url=https://cinema.usc.edu/events/event.cfm?id=12529|title=USC Cinematic Arts | School of Cinematic Arts Events}}

He is the father of four, including cinematographer Fred "Buzz" Feitshans IV (born 1959).

Select credits

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

=Film=

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rowspan=2\| 1973	Coffy		{{center\|Uncredited}}
Dillinger
rowspan=2\| 1974	Foxy Brown
Act of Vengeance
1978	Big Wednesday
rowspan=2\| 1979	Hardcore
1941
rowspan=2\| 1982	Conan the Barbarian
First Blood
1983	Uncommon Valor
1984	Red Dawn
1985	Rambo: First Blood Part II
1987	Extreme Prejudice
1988	Rambo III
1990	Total Recall
1993	Tombstone	Executive producer
rowspan=2\| 1994	Renaissance Man	Executive producer
Color of Night
1995	Die Hard with a Vengeance	Executive producer
1997	Shadow Conspiracy	Executive producer

;As cinematographer

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2004

Joe Killionaire

;Camera and electrical department

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2000

Dragonheart: A New Beginning

Camera operator

Direct-to-video

;Editorial department

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1967	Thunder Alley	Assistant film editor
1968	Wild in the Streets	Assistant editor
1969	De Sade	Editorial coordinator

;Miscellaneous crew

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1969	The Devil's 8	Post-production coordinator
1973	Slaughter's Big Rip-Off	rowspan=2\| Production executive	{{center\|Uncredited}}
1975	Hard Times

;As editor

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1972

Boxcar Bertha

{{center|{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D_asDNgs5S4C&q=buzz+feitshans+interview&pg=PA20|title = Martin Scorsese: Interviews|isbn = 9781578060726|last1 = Scorsese|first1 = Martin|year = 1999}}}}